Danzy Senna
Danzy Senna | |
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| Born | 1970 (age 54–55) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S. |
| Occupation | Novelist, essayist, professor |
| Education | Elma Lewis School of Fine Arts Brookline High School Stanford University (BA) University of California, Irvine (MFA) |
| Period | Contemporary |
| Genre | Fiction, non-fiction |
| Employer | University of Southern California |
| Notable works | Caucasia (1998) |
| Notable awards | Dos Passos Prize (2017) |
| Spouse | Percival Everett |
| Children | 2 |
| Parents | Fanny Howe and Carl Senna |
| Website | |
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Danzy Senna (born September 13, 1970) is an American novelist and essayist. She is the author of six books and numerous essays about race, gender and American identity, including Caucasia (1998), Symptomatic (2003), New People (2017), and most recently Colored Television (2024). Her writing has appeared in The New Yorker, The Atlantic, Vogue, and The New York Times. She is a professor of English at the University of Southern California.